Bryan, Carlos W. (1916-2014)

BRYAN, BLACK, MILLER, COBB, TOLER, BIDDLE, PODMOLIK, JING, BAI

Posted By: Paul Nagy (email)
Date: 1/19/2015 at 12:55:39

Carlos W. Bryan
March 13, 1916 - May 11, 2014

Carlos Warren Bryan, 98, of Aurelia, died on Sunday, May 11, 2014, at the Sunset Knoll Care and Rehab Center in Aurelia where he had resided since 2009.

A son of Leon J. and Lida Mae (Black) Bryan, Carlos was born on March 13, 1916, in Cedar, Iowa. He graduated from the Cedar Consolidated High School in 1933 and from Central College in Pella in 1938. He began his first teaching job in Troy, Iowa, the first of several small towns. During his two years there, he decided to work toward a principal’s certificate at Iowa State Teachers College in Cedar Falls, Iowa. On August 20, 1939, Carlos married Helen Geraldine Miller in Cedar Falls, Iowa. He entered the Army on December 17, 1943, and was honorably discharged on May 21, 1946, as a sergeant. He returned to work as a principal-teacher and to continuing his own education through North Texas State University, Iowa State University, and Drake University. He finished his master’s degree, and in 1952, he assumed the position of superintendent for the Rembrandt School system. In 1960, he was offered, and accepted, the superintendent’s job in Aurelia where he would remain for the next twenty-two years before retiring in 1982.

Carlos was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Aurelia, the American Legion, and a past member of the Kiwanis Club, AASA and IASA. He enjoyed music and sports, and he played horseshoes, tennis, and golf.

Preceding Carlos in death were his parents; his wife, Helen, on September 8, 2011; a sister, Darlene, in infancy; two brothers, Glen, in childhood, and Lelyn Bryan; and two sisters, Jean Cobb and Hazel Toler.

Survivors include his three sons: Steve, and his wife, Frances Bryan, of New Canaan, Conneticutt, Scott, and his wife, Shuyuan Bryan, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and Craig, and his wife, Nancy Bryan, of Apple Valley, Minnesota; five grandchildren: Christine, and her husband, Law Biddle, Laura, and her husband, Andy Podmolik, Emily and Peter Bryan, Jing Yao Zhou, and her husband, Bai Liang, and two great-grandchildren, Bai Xin Yuan and Bai Xin He; as well as nieces, nephews, other relatives, and friends.

Funeral services for Carlos Bryan will be held at 10:30 A.M., Wednesday, May 14, 2014, at the First United Methodist Church in Aurelia with Pastor Thomas Petersen officiating. Burial will take place in the Pleasant Hill Cemetery in rural Aurelia. The family will be present for the visitation on Wednesday for one hour prior to the services at the First United Methodist Church. The Redig Funeral Home in Aurelia is in charge of arrangements.

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